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The "Baywatch" remake is a bad idea that should never be made into a movie ... so says the woman who became famous from the original.

Pam Anderson is scoffing at the Zac Efron/Dwayne Johnson reboot, saying "No one appreciates the remakes."

Pam goes on to say Baywatch was the best time of her life but the 90's were a "simpler, sweeter time" for TV, it won't work on the big screen in 2015.

And if you're wondering if producers asked her to be part of the new movie ... they didn't.

Hopefully producers will take a page from Pam's new book "RAW" and see how great she looks.

Hunter Parrish is changing his name to ... Hunter Parrish.

The "Weeds" and "Spring Awakening" star's current legal name is Hunter Parrish Tharp, but he's looking to flip his middle and last names ... so the professional and real ones line up.

Hunter has a hearing set for next month to make it official.

Parrish is engaged to Kathryn Wahl ... who you have to assume is more excited to take the name Parrish than Tharp.

Terrence Howard can't talk about Friday's testimony -- that his make-out scene with Jennifer Hudson triggered an insane reaction from then-wife Michelle Ghent -- but he was quick to tell us how Lucious Lyon would handle the court case ... and it's pretty violent.

Terrence Howard testified his relationship with the ex-wife he's now suing was so bad, she kicked food all over him in a jealous rage over a make-out scene with Jennifer Hudson.

Howard -- who's trying to dismantle their settlement agreement because he claims Michelle Ghent extorted him -- testified Friday they were in South Africa when he was filming "Winnie Mandela" and they got into a huge fight because she became jealous the script called for him to make out with Jennifer Hudson. He says Michelle flew into a rage, hurling food all over him.

He also testified they were no longer sexually compatible once he tried becoming a Jehovah's Witness and used "applied Bible principles" to his sex life.

He explained he was trying to rein in his urges. As he put it, he was trying to go from "apple pie a la mode" to just plain "apple pie," and she wasn't biting.

Howard also said things got so bad he faked a suicide attempt by telling her he swallowed a bottle of pills. He says he did not actually do it.

LeBron James doesn’t want to be like Mike -- he wants to beat Mike, and says he could do it any day of the week.

Michael Jordan recently said there was “no question” he’d beat LeBron 1-on-1 if they were both in their primes, but as our friends at BSO pointed out ... The King's singing a much different tune.

LeBron went on 'Today' and declared, he's the safest bet against anyone -- not just Jordan.

Note to LeBron and MJ: It's easy to talk trash about something that's pure fantasy. Save it for when you can pick up a time machine at Target.

Nick Young gave his Lakers teammates a huge gift when he attempted to out lip-synch his fiancee, Iggy Azalea ... and lost ... in humiliating fashion.

Nick and Iggy went head-to-head on last night's episode of "Lip Sync Battle" on Spike -- and turns out Nick wasn't so Swaggy after all.

Azalea whipped out her "Freak Me" by Silk -- complete with pelvic thrusts on the stage. Nick tried to go sweet with Maroon 5's "Sugar" ... but came up short.

The real winner here wasn't Iggy though -- it's the Lakers who just got handed a season's worth of images to post in Nick's locker.

The honchos who run "Empire" don't know how to pay Terrence Howard because his ex-wife is gunning for his paycheck, so they've asked a judge for help in determining the payee.

Twentieth Century Fox is in a bind. Terrence is making big bank for the hit show, but according to his settlement agreement with Michelle, she's entitled to a chunk of his "Empire" salary.

Michelle has asked Fox to deduct the amount she's owed from Terrence's check and send it to her. Terrence is demanding the full amount, because he believes the settlement agreement is invalid.

So here's the bind. If Michelle's right, but Fox pays Terrence the full amount, they may be on the hook to her. If Terrence is right, but they pay Michelle what she's demanding, Fox may have to pay that amount again to him.

Pablo Schreiber's soon-to-be ex-wife will be enjoying the fruits of his "Orange Is The New Black" labors for years to come, because their divorce settlement includes a chunk of his residuals.

Pablo, who plays George "Pornstache" Mendez on 'OITNB' ... just finalized his divorce from Jessica Monty -- and let's just say the timing of their marriage worked out perfectly for her.

Pablo's career took off after they tied the knot, and according to the divorce settlement ... that means she will get half of his earnings AND residuals from a bunch of hit shows, such as -- 'OITNB,' "Weeds," and "Law & Order: SVU."

Jessica also gets $8,500/month in spousal support, plus he has to fork over a lump sum of $93k. They've agreed to joint custody of their two kids.

On the other hand, Pablo does get to keep all his money from a bunch of episodes of "The Wire," movies like "The Manchurian Candidate" and "Lords of Dogtown" ... which were all pre-marriage.

Marvin Gaye's son is the latest guy to claim "Empire" was his brainchild ... he's about to sue over it, and remember, the guy's got a good track record in court.

We've learned Marvin Gaye III claims he registered a treatment on a show called "Diamonds & Ballads" (aka "Those Sons of Riches!") with the Writers Guild of America back in 2010.

Gaye says the treatment describes a family in the music business -- "a music based 'black' and 'hip' version of 'Dynasty' ... with a little 'Sopranos.'"

We're told Gaye shopped the treatment around to TV execs and said it was loosely based on the lives of his legendary family and the Berry Gordy family.

Gaye insists the people in the industry with whom Lee Daniel's associates received emails pitching his treatment.

And Gaye feels Daniels unwittingly fessed up in 2014 after "Empire" hit big, when he said, "I wanted to make a black 'Dynasty.'" He also said it was similar to "The Sopranos."

Gaye's lawyer tells TMZ he plans to file a lawsuit against Daniels, Fox and others. The lawyer tells TMZ, "We understand that three things can't be hidden for long: the Sun, the Moon and the Truth!"

Taraji P. Henson, Abigail Breslin and Meagan Good used the simplest and most effective marketing strategy when they showed up Thursday to a Fox publicity event.

They've got the male 18-34 demo on lock.

Donald Trump feels he was done dirty by the news anchors who fired off questions in his direction during the debate, and he says the other candidates agreed with him backstage.

Trump went on "Today" and proclaimed victory, and some of the polls indicate he has a point. Savannah Guthrie asked Trump about past disparaging comments he made about women, and his retort that they were all references to Rosie brought the house down.

Daymond John is looking to cash in on the KKK -- and says he'll even HIRE the KKK member who was wearing FUBU sneakers at a Confederate flag rally!!

Read it again ... it's not a typo.

We got the "Shark Tank" star in NYC and had to get his reaction to the video of a Georgia reporter confronting a KKK member about rocking sneakers by FUBU -- which, of course, is the line John famously founded ... specifically to empower the black community.

Daymond says, "The guy has great taste in sneakers and ... people have been calling FUBU every day now! I wish I knew his name, I want to write him a check!!" He does say he wishes the guy would change his ways, but then gushes even more about him.

DJ was recently named Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship -- so he knows a biz opportunity when he sees one, but this video's still kinda shocking.

If he goes forward with this, we'd like to suggest a spinoff brand -- FRBU??

Daymond says he was kidding around and being sarcastic when he said he'd hire the guy. Daymond came on "TMZ Live" and explained his sarcasm when he said he'd give the guy a job. He wants to make it clear he would NOT hire him.

Fox News’ Chris Wallace has lots of questions for Donald Trump and the other 9 candidates ... but he also has advice.

The pointers could come in handy. Should the candidates debate on an empty stomach, and if not when, pray tell, should they eat?

Giuliana Rancic had a chance to "Kelly Osbourne" Kelly Osbourne, but didn't go there.

It's kinda funny ... Giuliana showed up Tuesday night to Craig's in West Hollywood ... where she had to know the throng of paparazzi would ask about her former co-star's gaffe on "The View" earlier in the day.

Giuliana didn't take the bait ... though you have to imagine she wanted to considering Kelly trashed her earlier this year during the whole Zendaya debacle.

Kelly Osbourne stepped into it on "The View" Tuesday, challenging Donald Trump's statement about Mexicans and asking if he has his way ... who will clean his toilet?

Osbourne quipped, "If you kick every Latino out of this country, then who is going to be cleaning your toilet, Donald Trump?"

Rosie Perez challenged Kelly, who immediately tried to clarify. Rosie tweeted after the show, "My apologizes @KellyOsbourne, I took your point wrong - #TrumpLatinos. My Bad. You're heart is so pure and righteous. I adore you."

For her part, Osbourne wrote about the flub later, saying, "I should have known better as I was on The View and it was live. I’ve learned a very valuable lesson. It is my hope that this situation will open up a conversation about immigration and the Latin community as a whole. By the way I clean my own f**king toilets."

A woman is suing the creator of "Empire," for hundreds of millions of dollars, claiming Lee Daniels lifted her life story, right down to a gay family member.

Sophia Eggleston claims in her lawsuit, she embodies the "Cookie" character in almost every important respect, including a penchant for wearing mink. She also says she did time for putting a hit on someone, and Cookie's character did the same thing.

Eggleston says she gave a copy of an autobiography to a screenwriter back in 2011, and she says months later the screenwriter called her to say she was pitching the book to Lee Daniels.